Python for OSINT: Tools and Techniques GSOA Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–27

1. 26expert · hard

   An analyst is building a Python script that queries a social media API for user profiles. The API has a rate limit of 30 requests per minute and returns a 429 status code when the limit is exceeded. The script must collect 1,000 profiles and store them in a database. The analyst also needs to ensure that no data is lost if the script is interrupted. Which approach is the most robust?

   • AUse a fixed sleep of 1 second between requests and log errors to a file.
   • BUse a simple loop with time.sleep(2) between requests and write each result to the database immediately.
   • CImplement a retry mechanism that backs off on 429 responses, and write each result to the database immediately.
   • DCollect all 1,000 profiles in memory first, then write them to the database at the end.
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2. 27foundation · easy

   Which Python library is commonly used to interact with third-party REST APIs, such as those provided by social media platforms or threat intelligence services, in an OSINT script?

   • Ascrapy
   • Brequests
   • Cbeautifulsoup4
   • Dpandas
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